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WGU C803 Task 2| Data Quality | Latest 2025 Update with complete solutions.
Data Quality
College of Health Professions, Western Governors University
Bridgette Stasher-Booker
15 March 2025
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Data Quality
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STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGIES
Standardized terminologies such as ICD-10, HCPCS, and CPT to name a few, are
designed for a uniform way of communication. They are standardized, which means it is the
same from facility to facility. Standardized terminologies are also important within the
healthcare facility as they allow for consistent communication with nurses, physicians,
researchers, and even administration. This allows for interoperability, which is important in
healthcare so that patient information can cross different systems seamlessly. It is also important
for the healthcare facility in terms of reimbursement.
ICD-10 – International Classification of Diseases – Facilitates the storage and retrieval of
diagnostic information and serves as the basis for compiling mortality and morbidity statistics
reported by WHO members (Oachs & Watters, 2020). The positive impact on data quality that
ICD-10 has had is amazing. It is international meaning there are many other countries that utilize
the same code. This is important for tracking diseases and deaths. This makes for a great tool to
track pandemics and epidemics because you are seeing information from other countries and are
able to relate it to what is happening in your current area.
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) – Used primarily for reimbursement
purposes in the outpatient or ambulatory setting. A two-part system, one part called Level I,
contains CPT codes as published by the American Medical Association (AMA). The other part,
Level II is basically everything else that does is not included in CPT (Oachs & Watters, 2020).
WGU C803 Task 2| Data Quality | Latest 2025 Update with complete solutions.
Data Quality
College of Health Professions, Western Governors University
Bridgette Stasher-Booker
15 March 2025
, 2
Data Quality
TITLE SLIDE (NO PRESENTER NOTES ON THIS SLIDE)
STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGIES
Standardized terminologies such as ICD-10, HCPCS, and CPT to name a few, are
designed for a uniform way of communication. They are standardized, which means it is the
same from facility to facility. Standardized terminologies are also important within the
healthcare facility as they allow for consistent communication with nurses, physicians,
researchers, and even administration. This allows for interoperability, which is important in
healthcare so that patient information can cross different systems seamlessly. It is also important
for the healthcare facility in terms of reimbursement.
ICD-10 – International Classification of Diseases – Facilitates the storage and retrieval of
diagnostic information and serves as the basis for compiling mortality and morbidity statistics
reported by WHO members (Oachs & Watters, 2020). The positive impact on data quality that
ICD-10 has had is amazing. It is international meaning there are many other countries that utilize
the same code. This is important for tracking diseases and deaths. This makes for a great tool to
track pandemics and epidemics because you are seeing information from other countries and are
able to relate it to what is happening in your current area.
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) – Used primarily for reimbursement
purposes in the outpatient or ambulatory setting. A two-part system, one part called Level I,
contains CPT codes as published by the American Medical Association (AMA). The other part,
Level II is basically everything else that does is not included in CPT (Oachs & Watters, 2020).
